Chords for Backwater Blues
Tempo:
131.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Gm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[C]
[G]
[D] [Gm] [G]
[Gm]
Well, it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night.
[G]
[Cm] It rained five days and the skies [C] turned [Gm] dark as night.
[G]
There [D] was trouble taking place in the [G]
lowland that night.
Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of my door.
[C] Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of [Gm] my door.
[G]
[D] Had to make a move on, wonder where he's [G] gonna go.
So they rode a little boat about five miles across the pond.
[Gm]
[C] Well, they rode a little boat about five miles across [G] the pond.
Packed [D] up all my things, stormed in, and they rode [G] me along.
Well, it thundered and it lightened and the winds began to blow.
[Cm] Yeah, it thundered and it lightened and the winds began [G] to blow.
There were [D] thousands of people, had no [G] place to go.
So I went and I stood on a high old lonesome hill.
[C]
I went and I stood on a high old [G] lonesome hill.
Back
[D] down on the place where I [G] used to live.
That water blues had caused me to pack up all my things and go.
[D]
[G] That [C] water blues had caused me to pack up all my [G] things and go.
Cause [D] my house blew down and I can't live there [G] no more.
[Em]
[Gm] [Bb]
[C]
[Gm] [G]
[D] [Bb]
[G]
[D] [G] I can't move no more,
[C] I can't move [G] no more.
Cause [D] my house fell down and I got no place [G] to go.
[Cm] [A] [Ebm] [G]
[C]
[G]
[D] [Gm] [G]
[Gm]
Well, it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night.
[G]
[Cm] It rained five days and the skies [C] turned [Gm] dark as night.
[G]
There [D] was trouble taking place in the [G]
lowland that night.
Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of my door.
[C] Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of [Gm] my door.
[G]
[D] Had to make a move on, wonder where he's [G] gonna go.
So they rode a little boat about five miles across the pond.
[Gm]
[C] Well, they rode a little boat about five miles across [G] the pond.
Packed [D] up all my things, stormed in, and they rode [G] me along.
Well, it thundered and it lightened and the winds began to blow.
[Cm] Yeah, it thundered and it lightened and the winds began [G] to blow.
There were [D] thousands of people, had no [G] place to go.
So I went and I stood on a high old lonesome hill.
[C]
I went and I stood on a high old [G] lonesome hill.
Back
[D] down on the place where I [G] used to live.
That water blues had caused me to pack up all my things and go.
[D]
[G] That [C] water blues had caused me to pack up all my [G] things and go.
Cause [D] my house blew down and I can't live there [G] no more.
[Em]
[Gm] [Bb]
[C]
[Gm] [G]
[D] [Bb]
[G]
[D] [G] I can't move no more,
[C] I can't move [G] no more.
Cause [D] my house fell down and I got no place [G] to go.
[Cm] [A] [Ebm] [G]
Key:
G
D
C
Gm
Cm
G
D
C
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_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
Well, it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[Cm] It rained five days and the skies [C] turned [Gm] dark as night.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
There [D] was trouble taking place in the [G]
lowland that night. _ _ _ _
_ Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of my door. _ _ _ _
_ [C] Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of [Gm] my door.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] Had to make a move on, wonder where he's [G] gonna go. _ _ _ _
So they rode a little boat about five miles across the pond.
[Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] Well, they rode a little boat about five miles across [G] the pond. _ _ _ _
Packed [D] up all my things, stormed in, and they rode [G] me along. _ _ _ _
_ Well, it thundered and it lightened and the winds began to blow. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] Yeah, it thundered and it lightened and the winds began [G] to blow. _ _ _ _
_ There were [D] thousands of people, had no [G] place to go. _ _ _
_ So I went and I stood on a high old lonesome hill.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ I went and I stood on a high old [G] lonesome hill.
Back _
_ _ _ [D] down on the place where I [G] used to live. _ _ _
_ That water blues had caused me to pack up all my things and go.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] That [C] water blues had caused me to pack up all my [G] things and go. _ _ _
_ Cause [D] my house blew down and I can't live there [G] no more. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ I can't move no more, _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ I can't move [G] no more. _ _ _ _
Cause [D] my house fell down and I got no place [G] to go.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [G] _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
Well, it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[Cm] It rained five days and the skies [C] turned [Gm] dark as night.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
There [D] was trouble taking place in the [G]
lowland that night. _ _ _ _
_ Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of my door. _ _ _ _
_ [C] Woke up this morning, couldn't even get out of [Gm] my door.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] Had to make a move on, wonder where he's [G] gonna go. _ _ _ _
So they rode a little boat about five miles across the pond.
[Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] Well, they rode a little boat about five miles across [G] the pond. _ _ _ _
Packed [D] up all my things, stormed in, and they rode [G] me along. _ _ _ _
_ Well, it thundered and it lightened and the winds began to blow. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] Yeah, it thundered and it lightened and the winds began [G] to blow. _ _ _ _
_ There were [D] thousands of people, had no [G] place to go. _ _ _
_ So I went and I stood on a high old lonesome hill.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ I went and I stood on a high old [G] lonesome hill.
Back _
_ _ _ [D] down on the place where I [G] used to live. _ _ _
_ That water blues had caused me to pack up all my things and go.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] That [C] water blues had caused me to pack up all my [G] things and go. _ _ _
_ Cause [D] my house blew down and I can't live there [G] no more. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ I can't move no more, _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ I can't move [G] no more. _ _ _ _
Cause [D] my house fell down and I got no place [G] to go.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [G] _ _
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